“His frantic attacks broke the German morale and the enemy raiding party retreated,” the Army museum’s biography of Johnson says.
He also prevented a wounded Black comrade from being taken prisoner when, after running out of grenades and ammunition, he killed two German soldiers with his knife. Johnson was wounded 21 times while beating back the attacking forces. While serving on the front lines of France in 1918, Johnson fought off a German night raid near the Argonne Forest, according to the National Museum of the United States Army. David Garner, the commanding general of the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson, said in a post on Twitter. William Henry Johnson embodied the warrior spirit, and we are deeply honored to bear his name,” Brig. 50 Publication date 1922 Topics United States. military’s efforts to address historic racial injustice - work that included changing the names of nine Army posts that commemorated Confederate officers. 50 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive The history of Base Hospital Fifty : a portrayal of the work done by this unit while serving in the United States and with the American Expeditionary Forces in France by United States. William Henry Johnson, a Black hero of World War I who received the Medal of Honor nearly a century later.įort Johnson had previously been named after a Confederate commander, Leonidas Polk. Army base in western Louisiana was renamed Tuesday to honor Sgt. The bombing of the Harvard Base Hospital Author (s): Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939, author Publication: Boston, Mass.
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